Becoming a member
The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) very much values the support and commitment of the membership to bring choral music of the world together. Your membership is important to us and means that you can be an active and vital part of the international choral community and in the process of "Volunteers connecting our Choral World".
Benefits to members include:
- Becoming a valued and active participant in the international choral community.
- Having input into the future directions of global choral music.
- The opportunity to get involved in global projects.
- Finding other choirs and events around the world through access to the International Choral Database.
- Sharing ideas and skills by making contacts with other IFCM Members.
- Keeping you informed of the growth of global choral music through access to the Choral Census results.
- Finding expertise in choral training and development through contact with leading professional choral musicians.
- Being part of the world's largest network of organizations and institutions working in the field of music through IFCM's membership to the International Music Council (IMC)
- Helping to nurture new ideas and creative artistry through the work of conductors and composers across the world.
- Staying in touch with recent and up-coming events through the Choral Calendar
Membership Benefits
Individual & "'Student and Under-25s" Membership
- Individual members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- Voting right (IFCM elections and legal matters) — Student and Under-25 members will not be eligible to vote until this new category is approved by the next IFCM General Assembly (see IFCM Bylaws, point 2.1).
Choir Membership
- Choir members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- 2 (two) voting rights (IFCM elections and legal matters)
- And are:
- Automatically listed in the World Choral Census with website and social media links
- Eligible to publish 1 (one) announcement per year in the IFCMeNEWS
- Eligible to publish 1 (one) announcement per year in the IFCM website News
Local Organization Members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- 3 (three) voting rights (IFCM elections and legal matters)
- One free banner on the IFCM Website (page rotation for two months)
- 10% discount on any advertisement (in 2025, more advertisement spaces will be offered on IFCM podcasts, online cafes and their recordings, and ICM websites)
And are:
- Automatically listed in the World Choral Census with website and social media links
- Eligible to publish 2 (two) announcements per year in the IFCMeNEWS
- Eligible to publish 2 (two) announcements per year in the IFCM website News
- Eligible to apply to host an IFCM event
Regional and National Organization Members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- 10 (ten) voting rights (IFCM elections and legal matters)
- One free banner on the IFCM Website (page rotation for three months)
- 10% discount on any advertisement (in 2025, more advertisement spaces will be offered on IFCM podcasts, online cafes and their recordings, and ICM websites)
And are:
- Automatically listed in the World Choral Census with website and social media links
- Eligible to publish 4 (four) announcements per year in the IFCMeNEWS
- Eligible to publish 4 (four) announcements per year in the IFCM website News
- Eligible to apply to host an IFCM event
International Organization Members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- 20 (twenty) voting rights (IFCM elections and legal matters)
- One free banner on the IFCM Website (page rotation for four months)
- 10% discount on any advertisement (in 2025, more advertisement spaces will be offered on IFCM podcasts, online cafes and their recordings, and ICM websites)
And are:
- Automatically listed in the World Choral Census with website and social media links
- Eligible to publish announcements in the IFCMeNEWS ALL YEAR
- Eligible to publish announcements in the IFCM website News ALL YEAR
- Eligible to apply to host an IFCM event
Business Members receive:
- Monthly IFCMeNEWS
- Access to the Online Cafes (informative zoom meeting and exchange on repertoire, choral calendar, conducting techniques, etc...)
- Access to the recordings of the Online Cafes
- Privileged access to the Musica Database, a multilingual collaborative database of choral repertoire
- Access to hundreds of ICM articles from the archives, with their translation in French, German and Spanish
- Access to the newly created ICM Blog, a new publication format for the International Choral Magazine, with articles available in English, French, German and Spanish
- Access to the online World Choral Census
- Access to online IFCM Members Database
- Discounted registration fee at the World Symposium on Choral Music
- Help with international contacts
- Option to be listed in the online IFCM Members Database
- One free banner on the IFCM Website (page rotation for three months)
- 10% discount on any advertisement (in 2025, more advertisement spaces will be offered on IFCM podcasts, online cafes and their recordings, and ICM websites)
And are:
- Automatically listed in the World Choral Census with website and social media links
- Eligible to publish 2 (two) announcements per year in the IFCMeNEWS
- Eligible to publish 2 (two) announcements per year in the IFCM website News
- Eligible to apply to host an IFCM event
All IFCM members are playing an active and important role in the development and support of choral music across the globe and IFCM is so grateful for that!
